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This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its predecessor, the BBC Home Service (1939–1967), and in some cases even by stations which had preceded the Home Service.
Many BBC radio comedy programmes have been successful enough for the writers and performers to adapt them into television programmes. Unless otherwise stated these programmes were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and then broadcast on one of the BBC's TV channels. The following list gives some of the more notable ones.
The Africans (radio program) The Afternoon Shift; Agendum (radio series) The Airport (radio show) The Alan Davies Show; Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar; Alison and Maud; All in the Mind (BBC radio) All the Way from Memphis (radio show) All the Young Dudes (radio show) Alone (radio series) Am I Normal? America, Empire of Liberty; Americana ...
This is a list of continuity announcers in the United Kingdom – the term "continuity announcer" is used for those broadcasters who provide the voiceovers between television/radio programmes. The six pre-digital terrestrial television channels in the UK ( BBC One , BBC Two , ITV , Channel 4 , S4C and Channel 5 ) make use of continuity ...
26 December – Radio 4 clears its Boxing Day schedule in order to broadcast an eight-hour reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, read by Stephen Fry. [43] 2001. Radio 4, along with other BBC Radio stations, stop broadcasting via Sky's analogue satellite service. 2002. 15 December – Radio 4 gets a digital spin-off station, BBC7 ...
John Wilson is a journalist and broadcaster who specialises in arts and cultural affairs. He presents This Cultural Life, the BBC Radio 4 interview series and international podcast, with guests including Paul McCartney, Margaret Atwood, Nick Cave, Tracey Emin, Nicole Kidman, Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Auerbach, Judi Dench and many more.
Article requests : Improve BBC, BBC News (TV channel) and BBC News to Good Article status following previous reviews, create (in light of forthcoming 30th anniversary) Cleanup : Chucklevision - references and general clean-up, Pebble Mill Studios - over-detailed and long, BBC World Service Television - unreferenced and confusing
Radio 4's 10pm news programme The World Tonight was launched on the same day. PM made history for being the first radio news programme to feature its own theme tune. Three have been used, with the last ending in 1997 in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana. The first PM theme tune was by John Baker and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.